SoCal Edison Building Largest USA Wind Farm In Tehachapi Desert, Central California
by John Laumer, Philadelphia 
on 03.10.08
Have you noticed how nearly every week we see a new "worlds largest" solar project announcement? Good stuff.
Southern California Edison announced today that it was breaking ground on a desert wind farm that could provide power for upwards of 3 million homes by 2013, predicting that it will be the largest wind transmission project in the country.Possibly California is 'breaking wind' at Arizona, Nevada,and Texas, all of which have recently announced "largest" solar projects of their own.Officials estimate that the Tehachapi Renewal Project will eventually provide 4,500 megawatts of electricity. The project will harness the wind that blows through the Tehachapi Mountains about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
Via::Boston Herald, "Southern California Edison breaks ground on wind farm to power 3 million homes" Image credit::Dallas Investments.net, Tehachapi Desert Wildflowers
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And what will the Tehachapi Indians get out of that, if anything? Maybe "free power" would be a start...
Will those hills still yield such gorgeous wildflower displays once a wind farm is put in?
Really, does anyone know about the impact of wind farms on ecological diversity?
Really? You have to dig pretty deep to complain about windmills that are replacing two, maybe three huge coal plants. What of the impact to ecological diversity of a few billion tons of sulphur laden smokestack emissions and the dirty water it takes to cool and feed the steam boilers? Get real.